Table 2.

Initial comparison of pre-operative and intraoperative variables between live liver donor transplant (LDLT) recipients and cadaveric donor transplant (CDLT) recipients before the propensity match test

Patient Data	LDLT N=100	CDLT N=424	p
Pre-operative variables
Patient age (years)	52.7±12	56.7±9.5	0.002
Patient gender (male)	53%	32.5%	<0.001
Patient weight (kg)	80 [66; 90]	85 [72; 97]	0.006
Patient race (Caucasian)	94%	94.60%	0.94
(MELD) score	13 [9; 15]	19 [14; 22]	<0.001
Child score	8 [7; 10]	9 [7; 10]	0.106
Pre-transplant serum creatinine (mg/dl)	0.9 [0.8; 1.1]	1 [0.8; 1.3]	<0.001
Pre-existing diabetes mellitus	28%	31.8%	0.456
Pre-existing coronary artery disease	6%	5%	0.67
Intraoperative variables
Total operative time (h)	7.8 [6.8; 87]	7.2 [6; 8.3]	<0.001
Cold ischemic time (h)	2 [1.6; 2.7]	11 [8.8; 12.]	<0.001
Warm ischemic time (min)	32 [29; 38]	27 [23; 31]	<0.001
Veno-venous bypass use	97%	92%	0.075
Methylene blue use	65%	80%	0.002
Aprotinin use	3.0%	14.5%	0.002
Post-reperfusion syndrome	12%	45.80%	<0.001
Crystalloid use (l)	5 [3.7; 6.5]	4.6 [3.5; 5.7]	0.026
Colloid use (l)	2.5 [2; 3.3]	2.5 [1.5; 3.5]	0.199
Red blood cells (units)	4 [2; 7]	6 [4; 10]	<0.001
Fresh frozen plasma (units)	2 [0; 4]	5 [2; 14]	<0.001
Platelets (units)	1 [0; 1]	1 [0; 2]	<0.001
Cryoprecipitate (units)	0 [0; 0]	0 [0; 1]	<0.001